Patch Management Solution

 View Only

  • 1.  Execute Patch Scanning via command line (Windows Assessment Scan - NS 7)

    Posted Feb 15, 2012 10:37 AM
    Is there a way to execute a patch scan remotely? It would seem that you would execute this: "C:\Program Files\Altiris\Altiris Agent\Agents\SoftwareManagement\Software Delivery\{6D417916-467C-46A7-A870-6D86D9345B61}\cache\AexPatchAssessment.exe" ...but every time I execute that remotely, it returns an Error -3. If I run it locally, it seems to kick off just fine. Help?


  • 2.  RE: Execute Patch Scanning via command line (Windows Assessment Scan - NS 7)

    Posted May 11, 2012 07:29 AM

    Anyone?  Seems like something that you should be able to do...



  • 3.  RE: Execute Patch Scanning via command line (Windows Assessment Scan - NS 7)

    Posted May 22, 2012 03:18 PM

    Didn't run for me either. maybe that is the way it is set up to run. Anyways, it runs every 4 hours by default. You may change the interval in the server.



  • 4.  RE: Execute Patch Scanning via command line (Windows Assessment Scan - NS 7)

    Posted May 22, 2012 03:42 PM

    We like to fire off the patch cycle and have it run a full assesment scan afterwards.  It appears that if you run:   AeXPatchUtil.exe /I /q    it seems to kick it off and work for most of our machines.   



  • 5.  RE: Execute Patch Scanning via command line (Windows Assessment Scan - NS 7)

    Posted May 22, 2012 03:51 PM

    Great..thanks for sharing that info!



  • 6.  RE: Execute Patch Scanning via command line (Windows Assessment Scan - NS 7)

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted May 23, 2012 09:40 AM

    Yes, use of AeXPatchUtil is the official way for manual patch cycle (or assessment) execution.

    Starting from 7.1 SP1 there is also a task in Console that you can use to get assessment data immidiately.